Installing Fancy Crown Molding Corners
Installing crown molding with fancy corners isn't hard. Follow my easy steps for beautiful crown molding with distinctive inside and outside corners.
Author Archives: Tim Carter
Crown Molding Test Sell Page
Take this quick quiz to see how you score on theDIY Crown Molding Installation ScaleCrown Molding Installation Quiz 1. Are there 20 or more scrap pieces of crown molding scattered around your miter saw? Yes No2. Is your spouse still talking to you? Are You Kidding Me? Does Growling Count? 3. Are the joints between […]
Rules for Funny Home Improvement Story Contest
These are the Rules for the Funny Story Contest: Your story must be original and written by you. It must not be copied from some other person, another publication or another website. Enter as often as you like, but each entry must be a different story. The story length should be between 500 - 1,000 […]
Home Improvement Stories
Submit Your Story and Win! Have you ever had a funny thing happen as you work on one of your do-it-yourself projects? Maybe you have a story about a crazy contractor. Or perhaps you have some unbelievable tale to tell that happened as your new home was being built. Enter it below and I will […]
November 6, 2004 Radio Show Tim Answers Barb’s Email Question About Drywall and Wallpaper
Tim: Okay, really quickly before I got off the air, I got areally neat email from Barb, who delivers the paper everymorning. Barb, I sure hope you're still out there. She saysshe's `wondering if the plaster on the walls is the realstuff in my house with lath strips behind it. The walls arefalling apart and […]
November 6, 2004 Radio Show Paul: Draining a 1919 Basement with a Linear French Drain (Winchester, KY)
Tim: Let's go back to the phones. Once again if you justhappened to tune in, I'm Tim Carter. This is WGRR. It's theAsk The Builder Show. Coming up in just 13 minutes we've gotDenny McKewen, but right now though it's time to ask thebuilder. Paul, what's your question today? Hello, Paul. Paul: Yes, Tim. Thanks […]
November 6, 2004 Radio Show Billie: Covering the Front Stoop with Slate or a Concrete Overlay (Pittsburgh, PA)
Tim: Let's go to the phones once again. Billie, it's TimCarter. Thanks for calling Ask The Builder. How are youtoday? Billie: Hi. How are you? Tim: Doing pretty good! Billie: Good! I had emailed you about my front stoop. I'min Pittsburgh. Tim: Yes. Billie: I read the article you told me to read about,putting slate […]
November 6, 2004 Radio Show Don: Cracked Chimney Leaks (Northgate, OH)
Tim: Hello, Don. I'm sorry. I was just glancing atAnnetta's writing and it's definitely and `n.' It's great tohave you on the show, Don. Don: Hi, Tim. Okay. I've got a chimney cap. I've got asmall crack across it and I siliconed that. Is thereanything else to seal that better? Tim: Yeah. There's a really […]
November 6, 2004 Radio Show Joe: Hanging Mirrors on Plaster Walls (Savannah, GA)
Tim: Travis and I were just talking off the air, and Annetta, the three of us. We can't talk to Carey because she's behind two layers of glass in the newsroom, but anyway, she might be hearing it. So, we were talking alittle bit about The Mansion and all at once Travis askedme, `Gosh, has […]
AskTheBuilder.com: Bad Tyvek Installation (St. Louis, MO)
Tim: We're going to go to the phones now and we're going to talk to James. Good morning, James. It's Tim Carter. It's a pleasure to have you on WGRR, Oldies 103.5. Hi, James. James: Hi Tim. How are you doing? Tim: I'm doing great this morning, I tell you right now! I couldn't be […]